The 1944 Worth County Tigers stunned Maryville 28-0 on November 10th to cap off a successful season. The game was supposed to have been played at Worth County, but it was moved to the Maryville College Field (now Bearcat Stadium) “due to unforeseen circumstances,” according to the November 15th, 1944 Times-Tribune. Ross Scott, Max Dawson, Delbert Gabbert, and Jerry Cook were on that team.
There are certain teams you want to play after a loss, and there were other teams you don’t want to play after a loss, and the 1944 Tigers were one of the latter. Earlier in the year, the Tigers were locked in a scoreless tie with Princeton when, with 4 minutes left, the Blue Tigers completed a 65 yard pass to set up a score to beat Worth County 6-0. Worth County responded by beating Albany 25-7; earlier in the year, the Warriors had knocked on the door all night before the Tigers got a 90 yard pick six by Charles Thompson, aided by a block by Galen Ruckman, for the winner in the fourth quarter.
Then, the Tigers lost a 7-6 heartbreaker to King City. The Tigers responded with a thorough beatdown of Maryville, winning 28-0 and not letting the Spoofhounds past the Tiger 35. The 1944 squad was not unlike the present squad, who lost close games to the two top teams of the conference, only to recover the next week.
The Tigers were able to capitalize on turnovers that game. First, Maryville fumbled at their own 40, and Worth County was able to take it in and score as Kenneth Son took it in for a six yard counter.
W.T. Dawson, a defensive center for the Tigers, picked off a pass to set up another score. Worth County drove down to the 11, where Allen Fletchall scored to make it 14-0 after Kenneth Son’s extra point.
Maryville then fumbled the ensuing kickoff and Worth County recovered on the Maryville 31. A running play went to the 14, and then Allen Fletchall threw a pass to Galen Ruckman, who scored. Delbert Gabbert scored the extra point to make it 21-0. Extra points were only worth one point regardless of whether it was kicked or run.
Kenneth Son added a 15 yard run in the second half.
The Maryville stats were similar to those posted by some of Worth County’s 1981 opponents. While Worth County had 221 yards on the ground and 50 through the air, Maryville had only 16 yards on the ground and none through the air.
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